Contour Going out of Business?

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not a huge surprise honestly. GoPro is tucking killing the pov game.

Aug 7 2013 12:43AM

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stupendous-man

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Yeah not a huge surprise really, gopro has done damn good job advertising their product and it shows in their sales. They are becoming so popular that i have found various mounts for them at Goodwill. Contour have always been sort of the underdogs, and when Sony came out with their action cam it probably pushed countour even farther down the hole, as it sold better because of the brands reputation.

Aug 7 2013 1:15AM

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-SnowSnoli-

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NOOOOOOOO... the world will be full of teletubbies now...

but head means beable to pick up a cheap contour +2

Aug 7 2013 1:32AM

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Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, I was planning on getting a contour this winter. Gopros suck, the ergonomics are shit in comparison to the contour, at least for our sport.

Aug 7 2013 1:49AM

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50Kal

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I would hope so.

Aug 7 2013 3:39AM

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Joerga

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A german MTB site telephoned with contour and they replied that it is right that a lot of employees were fired but not all. Contour will continue developing and selling new products according to this site.
Source (german): http://www.mtb-news.de/news/2013/08/07/helmkamerahersteller-contour-hat-geschaeftsbetrieb-eingestellt/

Aug 7 2013 7:47AM

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Gotta love some pinkbike user's comment - "Great, now go pro is basically a monopoly, start expecting $1000 Go-Pro "Emeralds" until they get some competition!"

Aug 7 2013 8:07AM

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The news was really suprising to me because I epected that Contour will sell a lot more cameras than last year because (subjectiv) there were a lot of complaints and problems with the new GoPro HD Hero 3.
It would really suck if there's no real competitor to GoPro.

Aug 7 2013 8:41AM

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VD.

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^ to be honest if you look at the figures in the link bike write up, Contour wasn't a major competitor.

Aug 7 2013 9:05AM

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That would suck to see contour go out of business. I guess I just gotta get one before its too late

Aug 7 2013 9:58AM

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Didnt they just announce a new "rookie video contest" that will be taking place during the Toyota One Hit Wonder? Just saw a fcebook vid about it

Aug 7 2013 10:35AM

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I bet they get bought out by a larger company and resurrected. If not, better got a contour asap. My gopro is meh. I hate the teletubby look

Aug 7 2013 11:04AM

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Sure, but it was the biggest, and pretty much the only competitor. If GoPro fucked up hard, people would be there to get Contours. Now if that happens, GoPro keeps it's customers or they don't buy anything.

Aug 7 2013 12:37PM

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VD.

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True. It will be interesting to see what Sony do following this.

Aug 7 2013 12:46PM

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Just tape a video camera to your head you fanboys.

Aug 7 2013 12:52PM

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i personally like drift cameras better than gopros, but i feel like drift will have the same fate as contour

Aug 7 2013 12:58PM

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the fact i havent heard of this brand reinforces your point

Aug 7 2013 1:06PM

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e~b

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gopro has put so much money into advertising it is starting to pay off, as these other camera companies are not advertising as much.

Aug 7 2013 1:10PM

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So true, most kids at my school know what a GoPro is, but if you said Contour or Drift they wouldn't even have the slightest idea what they were. I remember having a conversation with someone about GoPros, where I said I didn't rate mine that much and I'd look into other brands, and they just wouldn't have it.Â

I also frequently hear people say I'm going to get a GoPro because they're 'cool' when they don't ski/bike/surf etc.

Aug 8 2013 8:17AM

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Well hopefully the german website was right and they were just downsizing. Sure people with get of the gopro hype train soon.

Quite like the look of the new Replay XD or the Sony both look very clean and compact.

Aug 8 2013 10:01AM

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Wasn't there something on here about Contour demos and setups in stores with footage playing using footage from a gopro? honestly not surprised by this news, gopro is huge

Aug 8 2013 11:25AM

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More to his point Go Pro has probably top 3 billboard spots as you enter San Francisco. We're a huge outdoor city and all these city kooks think they need one. They ALWAYS have the best spots and the sickest screen shots. I think there is some dope ass pillow line up right now. So much ROI from that thing single billboard. I'd assume it's really expensive to put your add there since I've only seen apple and go pro...

That gives you an idea of how much they're advertising.

Aug 11 2013 11:59AM

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Bozite

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Contour had a good run but it is difficult to compete with go pro since every gaper has one. And they advertise a shit load on tv

Aug 11 2013 4:54PM

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i'm still not 100% sure about the validity of this. all this article is saying, is that contour has closed its seattle based head office.

as far as i've researched, there has beem no official statement from contour officials. this could be as simple as a restructuring move.

Aug 12 2013 9:08AM

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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/08/07/seattle-camera-maker-contour-shuttered-apparently/

Aug 12 2013 12:05PM

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